The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1887-05-09

masters of the situation. In certain
parts of the city, Cinnamon have
charge of the streets, and use them
as the depository of their slops,
which they throw into them from
their balconies, and anyone who is !
SO bold as to trespass is liable to
receive baptism of filth. The
sidewalks belong especially 10 China
men who carry baskets. These gen.
tlemen are in charge, and have pri-
vileges which take precedence of all
other claims. II you see one of them
coming, it is your duty to get out OF
the way, and if you are slow in
doing it, you must expect to suffer
the consequence. Occasionally,
builders Jump portions of public
thoroughfares, and erect barriers of
bricks, which keep the people at
distance by daylight and against
which they bark their shins and
break their necks in the dark.
Recently quite large strip OF the
city front has passed into the con-
troll of the navy. For an hour or
two several evenings last week, be-
ginning shortly after 3 O'Clock, our
gallant sea forces asserted and exer-
cised their full and undisputed
claim. Inspired and moved by
material spirits, they delivered, on
those occasions, speeches of a most
edifying and elevating character, in
the very choicest language of the
back slums. OF course, they were
IN charge, and they were determined
to disgrace their uniforms and dis
credit the service just as much as
they knew how. And"
Here our visitor became impa-
tient, cut short our recital, and de-
manded to know what all this talk
had to do with his enquiry.
Well, now, that is just what we
were coming to. We were just
going to explain the composition Of
our navy, in order to a better under
standing of the position of our
prisoners. We wanted to show that
a prisoner with us is privileged
character.
"What!" calculated the gentle
man, "a prisoner privileged char
acter! q sublime smoke! i never
heard of such thing!''
All right, you hear it now for the
first time. just keep still minute.
There is no disgrace attaching to
the fact that q man has been in Jail,
in this country. Indeed, if you
want to get Government billet, the
surest way to succeed is either to
get into Jail or commit some deed OF
a nature that in other countries
would secure you ten or twenty
years in penitentiary. You are
the white-haired boy ever after that.
Get up big steal, cheat your
creditors, or embezzle good round
sum, then learn to talk loudly, cut
great shine, drink gin by the gal
lon, and gable patriotism and
loyalty-either of which you need
not know the meaning of-by the
yard, on all proper occasions. L
you can manage to do all this with
out having to end up on the reef
you will save so much time. lOl
are booked for something good, ant
will be q minister before you know
it. Once in the service, diligen
practice of these virtues will materi
ally assist in your promotion. A
all persons qualified for the Jail ar
held in high esteem, you can under
stand that all prisoners during thei
term of incarceration are treate,
with distinguished consideration
: Their keepers dare not be severe, o
> they will be reported at head quar-
ters, and probably dismissed. ]
! thingSin the Jail are not exactly t
D, the taste of the criminals, the
c march in body to the Palace
where they are received with du
, respect, ms actually occurred fe'
weeks ago. And, of course, VIII
should they not have little libert
, around the town, without it's bein
insinuated that they arc in charge
"Ah, yes, now / begin to see,
said the gentleman "but it is
queer country-I never heard tn
: like before;' and left, apparent
rejecting seriously on the matter.
D And really this strange conditio
e of things is such as to original